Discovery of N-(3-fluoro-4-methylsulfonamidomethylphenyl)urea as a potent TRPV1 antagonistic template

A series of homologous analogues of prototype antagonist 1 and its urea surrogate were investigated as hTRPV1 ligands. Through one-carbon elongation in the respective pharmacophoric regions, N-(3-fluoro-4-methylsulfonamidomethylphenyl)urea was identified as a novel and potent TRPV1 antagonistic template. Its representative compound 27 showed a potency comparable to that of lead compound 1. Docking analysis of compound 27 in our hTRPV1 homology model indicated that its binding mode was similar with that of 1S.

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